2012

Labour has pledged to maintain political consensus around pension reform and new pensions spokesman Gregg McClymont aims to remain in post as long as possible.

The coalition is considering delaying auto-enrolment and a delay of more than 12 months will mean the reform package is effectively over, former Chancellor Alistair Darling told reporters.

Automatic enrolment add-ons could more than double additional annual retirement savings by 2025, a report concludes.

Almost 100 firms have signed up to use the National Employment Savings Trust as the qualifying scheme ahead of schedule.

Bosses have urged the government to clarify "current complexity and confusion" over the nuts and bolts of auto-enrolment.

In his first media interview since becoming executive director of the $105bn Teacher Retirement System of Texas, Brian Guthrie talks to Raquel Pichardo-Allison about the raft of legislative reviews that will drive his agenda in 2012

Defined contribution investment strategies must focus more on member outcomes and less on turning savers into investment experts to succeed during auto-enrolment, consultants say.

Independent pension consultant Malcolm McLean praises the government for its progress on simplifying the state pension, but calls for a contingency plan should auto-enrolment fail.

Professional Pensions is holding a live Conjecture debate on auto-enrolment at 11am on 28 September.

TPR chief executive Bill Galvin tells PP what the industry needs to do ahead of the 2012 pension reforms.